The wine regions of Australia / John Beeston.
ISBN:
9781865086774
Title:
The wine regions of Australia / John Beeston.
Author:
Beeston, John.
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002.
Physical Description:
xii, 595 p. : maps. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Previously ed.: 2000.
Format:
Books
Publication Date:
2002
Publication Information:
St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002.
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Summary
Summary
Essential to the library of any international wine enthusiast, this is the fully revised and updated edition of John Beeston's guide to Australia's wine growing regions and subregions, with vineyard ratings and notes on grape and wine varieties.
Author Notes
John Beeston is one of the leading authorities on Australian wine. He is the author of "Varietal Wines of Australia" and "Concise History of Australian Wine".
(Bowker Author Biography)
Table of Contents
Preface to second edition | p. ix |
Preface to first edition | p. x |
List of maps | p. xi |
Introduction: appellation Australia and geographic indications | p. 1 |
Essays | |
Pinot Noir | p. 81 |
From gold to gold | p. 180 |
Wine in Tasmania | p. 195 |
Cabernet Sauvignon & Co | p. 257 |
Shiraz | p. 290 |
Chardonnay, Brian Croser and the Adelaide Hills | p. 336 |
Riesling | p. 359 |
Semillon | p. 476 |
Part I Victoria | |
Western Victoria Zone | p. 25 |
The Grampians Region | p. 25 |
The Pyrenees Region | p. 31 |
Henty Region | p. 37 |
Other wineries of Western Victoria | p. 43 |
Central Victoria Zone | p. 47 |
Bendigo Region | p. 47 |
Central Victorian High Country (interim) | p. 56 |
Goulburn Valley Region | p. 60 |
Nagambie Lakes Sub-Region | p. 67 |
Heathcote Region (proposed) | p. 69 |
Heathcote Sub-Region (proposed) | p. 75 |
Strathbogie Ranges Region (proposed) | p. 75 |
Port Phillip Zone | p. 86 |
Wineries within Port Phillip Zone but outside any region | p. 86 |
Yarra Valley Region | p. 87 |
Mornington Peninsula Region | p. 108 |
Geelong Region | p. 124 |
Sunbury Region | p. 131 |
Macedon Ranges Region (proposed) | p. 136 |
Gippsland Zone | p. 146 |
West Gippsland | p. 148 |
South Gippsland | p. 149 |
East Gippsland | p. 153 |
North East Victoria Zone | p. 156 |
Rutherglen Region | p. 156 |
Alpine Valleys | p. 165 |
Beechworth Region | p. 169 |
King Valley Region (interim registration) | p. 172 |
Other Wineries within the North East Victoria Zone | p. 178 |
North West Victoria Zone | p. 182 |
Murray--Darling Region | p. 182 |
Swan Hill Region | p. 188 |
Part II Tasmania | |
Wineries without vineyards specialising in making wine from Tasmania-wide sources | p. 197 |
Northern Tasmania (Tamar Valley, Pipers Brook and the North West) | p. 197 |
East Coast Tasmania | p. 207 |
Southern Tasmania | p. 210 |
Part III South Australia | |
The Adelaide Superzone | p. 221 |
Barossa Zone | p. 223 |
Barossa Valley Region | p. 223 |
Eden Valley Region | p. 245 |
High Eden Sub-region | p. 254 |
Limestone Coast Zone | p. 261 |
Robe Ranges | p. 261 |
Bordertown | p. 261 |
Coonawarra Region | p. 263 |
Padthaway Region | p. 278 |
Wrattonbully | p. 282 |
Mount Benson Region | p. 285 |
Penola Region (interim registration) | p. 288 |
Other Limestone Coast Vineyards and Wineries | p. 289 |
Fleurieu Zone | p. 292 |
Langhorne Creek Region | p. 292 |
McLaren Vale Region | p. 299 |
Kangaroo Island Region | p. 318 |
Currency Creek Region (interim) | p. 323 |
Southern Fleurieu Peninsula | p. 326 |
The Peninsulas Zone | p. 330 |
Lower Murray Zone | p. 331 |
Riverland Region | p. 331 |
Mount Lofty Ranges Zone | p. 339 |
Adelaide Hills Region | p. 339 |
Lenswood Sub-region | p. 354 |
Piccadilly Valley Sub-region | p. 356 |
Winery within the Mount Lofty Ranges Zone but not within a Region | p. 361 |
Clare Valley Region | p. 361 |
Part IV Western Australia | |
Eastern Plains, Inland and North of Western Australia | p. 381 |
West Australian South East Coastal Zone | p. 381 |
South West Australia Zone | p. 382 |
Geographe Region | p. 382 |
Margaret River Region | p. 388 |
Great Southern Region | p. 410 |
Mount Barker Sub-region | p. 421 |
Albany Sub-region | p. 421 |
Porongurup Sub-region | p. 423 |
Frankland River Sub-region | p. 424 |
Pemberton Region (interim registration) | p. 426 |
Manjimup Region (interim registration) | p. 433 |
Blackwood Valley Region | p. 437 |
Central Western Australia Zone | p. 441 |
Greater Perth Zone | p. 442 |
Peel Region | p. 442 |
Swan Districts Region | p. 445 |
Perth Hills Region | p. 456 |
Part V New South Wales | |
Big Rivers Zone | p. 465 |
Perricoota Region | p. 465 |
Riverina Region | p. 467 |
Central Ranges Zone | p. 478 |
Cowra Region | p. 479 |
Mudgee Region | p. 486 |
Orange Region | p. 498 |
Hunter Valley Zone | p. 506 |
Hunter Region | p. 506 |
Broke Fordwich Sub-region | p. 536 |
South Coast Zone | p. 540 |
Southern New South Wales Zone | p. 543 |
Canberra District Region | p. 544 |
Hilltops Region | p. 552 |
Tumbarumba Region | p. 557 |
Northern Rivers Zone | p. 561 |
Hastings Valley Region | p. 561 |
Northern Slopes Zone | p. 565 |
Western Plains Zone | p. 566 |
Part VI Queensland and Northern Territory | |
Queensland Zone | p. 569 |
The Granite Belt Region (interim registration) | p. 571 |
South Burnett Region | p. 580 |
Northern Territory Zone | p. 584 |
Glossary | p. 585 |
Bibliography | p. 587 |
Acknowledgements | p. 587 |
Index of Wineries | p. 588 |
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